India, Oct. 22 -- On Thursday, eMudhra announced its decision to exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business, a day after vulnerabilities were made public in the security keys issued by the digital authentication services company. The security lapse triggered a global cybersecurity alert and led to major internet browsers blocking the compromised certificates. The company is licensed under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to issue web security certificates for Government websites, including the income tax portal.

In a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange, the company said it is voluntarily withdrawing from the global SSL/TLS certificate business because of escalating compliance costs, limited commercial re...